3 occurrences in 12 translations

'Bitterness' in the Bible

The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.

Verse ConceptsBitter FoodNo JusticeBitterness

"Horses don't run over bare rock, do they? One doesn't plow rock with oxen, does he? But you have turned justice to gall, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.

Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice

And have turned your festivals to mourning, And all your songs to lamentation, And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head -- baldness, And made it as a mourning of an only one, And its latter end as a day of bitterness.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessHairsHeadsMourningSorrowWeepingThe Only ChildNo MusicMourning DeathOnly Child Of PeopleFestivals DisregardedMourning Due To CatastropheBitterness

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